The South West Sound System will celebrate local talent at the Bristol Rising stage!
Journalist Yvonne Deeley gives a platform to this celebration of Grassroots Artists at Bristol’s largest Festival, see link below for the story.
A showcase of Bristol talent is coming to the Bristol Harbour Festival this year. Performing at Queen Square, the South West Soundsystem which features a range of local musicians and artists will be performing between 6pm and 10pm on Saturday July 20.
The inspirational Bristol-born poet Muneera Pilgrim will open the stage at 6pm and hosts Miranda Rae and Krazy will introduce the acts. The music line-up will begin with Tianna whose music career has taken off this year, after only releasing her first single a year ago after her mother sent the track to Ujima Radio.
Krazy, who does The Wordlife Show on Ujima every Tuesday evening and has his own Youtube channel with the same name, will introduce 14 artists from his record label. Performing a lot of the hit tracks they have released, as well as upcoming tracks ranging from UK Garage to hip hop, grime and Drum and Bass, Rising Son, Impact Merv, Iggz, Kali-Mist, Yung UK, Origin and Kray Bristol, are just a few of the rappers that will be alongside Krazy who will perform tracks from his new album.
After performances from Mary Mina, electronic music artist Frilla will present La La Land with Ms Lex and Millie whitestone. The South West Soundsystem line-up will end with Krush Landing who recently headlined the BS3 festival and will be joined by guests, including St Paul’s-based dancehall artist and producer Lorna Da’Angel.
Curator Miranda Rae, who currently works as the station manager at Ujima Radio. said: ”It’s a real privilege and an honour to be able to do something like this. What’s so great about my job at Ujima, and what crosses over to this, is being able to pioneer and support emerging talent.
“You’ve got artists like Krush Landing, who has just performed at BS3 Live, representing the city and shining a huge spotlight on Bristol. It’s just a great opportunity to perform at Bristol’s biggest festival.
“What I love about what we are doing on the South West Sound System is that we are particularly supporting grassroots talent. A lot of these artists have been discovered through our power plays at Ujima, which are about supporting local talent.”
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/bristol-grassroots-artists-takeover-queen-9414270
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